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Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard; with an Introduction by Sir Hugh Walpole
by Gray, Thomas
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
London: The Limited Editions Club at the Raven Press, 1938. Limited Edition. Cloth. Very good. Limited edition of Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard by Thomas Gray, published by the Limited Editions Club in 1938.. Quarto, 72pp. Brown cloth with illustration blind-embossed and stamped in silver on cover. Title in silver on spine. Clean, solid text block, light sunning to spine. This copy appears unread, very good condition. Lacking the glassine dust jacket. In the matching blue paper-covered slipcase, some shelf wear, minor fading, light wear to stamped silver title. Limited to 1500 signed copies printed for members of The Limited Editions Club, this being number 592. Signed by the illustrator, Agnes Miller Parker, on colophon. An attractive copy.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15280
- Title
- Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard; with an Introduction by Sir Hugh Walpole
- Author
- Gray, Thomas
- Illustrator
- Limited edition of Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard by Thomas Gray, published by the Limited Editions Club in 1938.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Limited Editions Club at the Raven Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Limited Editions Club, Signed, Agnes Miller Parker, Sir Hugh Walpole, illustrated, poetry, classics
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- Shelf Wear
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- Cloth
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